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JOSEPH F. UMPLEBXOF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 77,551, datedMr/zg/ 5, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH F. UMlLEBY, of Albany, in the county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Needle-Book; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full; clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of ,this specification, in which v 4Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved needle-book, showing it open.

Figure 2 is a perspective view, showing the book shut.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the book.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.`

This invention relates to a new and useful article of manufacture, consisting of a needle-book or case, which is adapted for receiving and preserving sewing-machine needles ci" various sizes, and which is provided with a needle-cushion and shield, for receiving and keeping the needles in place; also, a. gauge, for accuratelyrdetermining the sizes of the different needles required; and, also, certain spaces, having numbers and characters printed in them, indicating the different sizes of the needles used, and the numbefpr size of thethrcad which the respective needles are designed to carry, as will be hereinafter described.

.To'v enable others skilled inthe art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation The book or case consists of two covers, A A', connected together by a flexible back, a. This book or case may beniade of binders board, covered and finished in any suitable manner; and, if desirable, it may bo 'furnished with a clasp, or other suitable fastening, i`or keeping the covers shut. i y The cover A is lined with velvet or flannel, Z1, and hasan oil-stone, c, fastened to it in a permanent manner, for the purpose of repairing'the points ot' sewing-machine needles.

vThe cover A is lined inside with strips,flc, of morocco, or other suitable material, between which is a strip, e, of velvet, or other suitable material, forming a cushionr for receiving the needles d, as shown. The 'outer edge of the flap or cover A` has a strip, g, of steel secured te it, in the edge of which straight notches, 7L, are made, of various sizes, thus forming a needle-gauge, for accurately determining the sizes of the different needles ,required to be used. Y

'The leather stripsf 7c are marked ofi', so ns to'form seven, or more or less, spaces, for receiving the diil`erentsized needles, as shown in tig. 1. The letters or figures printed upon the strip c will indicate the number, kind, and size ofthe needles in the spaces, corresponding to the said respective figures or letters.; and the letters and figures printed upon thc stripfwill indicate the kind and size of the thread adapted for the several needles.

By trying the needles by the gauge-plate g, and then inserting them in their cushion c,beneath the shield f, these needles will not only be safely preserved'i'or use; but the proper-sized needle may always be used for a given-sized thread,Vv

If the needles are arrangedin their proper places in -thc book or case, the letters and numbers upon the stripsflc will, at a glance, indicate the size of each needle,and the size of the thread adapted for it.`

The oil-stone c may be omitted; but I prefer to use this stone, and have it secured permanently inside of the book, thereby combining all the requisites in one article.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The needle-book A A', constructed with cushion K ef, and with gauge-plate g, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The gauge-plate g t, applied to the needle-hook, as descr-ibed.- i

l 3. Providing a needlc-book, constructed as shown and described, with the oil-stone c, which is arranged to bear against the cushion when thc book is closed, as set forth JOSEPH F. UMPLEBY.

Witnesses:

THEO. Mosman, J. I. WENDELL. 

